Difference between revisions of "Floating-point"
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Using or involving a notation in which a number is represented as a number with an absolute value between 1 and the base multiplied by a power of the number base indicated by an exponent. | Using or involving a notation in which a number is represented as a number with an absolute value between 1 and the base multiplied by a power of the number base indicated by an exponent. | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:45, 21 April 2022
Using or involving a notation in which a number is represented as a number with an absolute value between 1 and the base multiplied by a power of the number base indicated by an exponent.
Floating points are generally used where the magnitude is more important than the precision of the number.